ICI Innovate brings together multidisciplinary experts to explore how emerging technologies will impact fund operations and their implications for the broader industry.
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The primary objective of SOAC is to provide advice and input to the Institute on current regulatory and industry initiatives affecting portfolio securities operations for mutual fund members.
On 12 February, the European Commission (EC) introduced a legislative proposal with an amendment to the Central Securities Depository Regulation to support the shortening of the settlement cycle in the European Union from two days after the trade date (T+2) to one day after the trade...
[36004] January 30, 2025 TO: ICI Members Chief Compliance Officer Committee Chief Information Security Officer Committee Chief Risk Officer Committee Global Information Security Officer Committee - London Global Information Security Officer Committee - Tokyo Operational Resiliency...
On January 21, 2025, ICI submitted a no-action request letter, available here, to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or "Commission") to request that the staff of the Division of Trading and Markets ("Staff") confirm that it will not recommend that the Commission take...
The asset management industry faces an escalating battle against cybercriminals employing increasingly sophisticated tactics. From state-sponsored attacks to ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) platforms enabling low-skilled criminal infiltrations, the threat landscape is more complex than...
On January 23, 2025, the SEC published Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 122 (SAB 122)[1] which rescinds the interpretive guidance included in Section FF of Topic 5 (Topic 5.FF) in the Staff Accounting Bulletin Series entitled Accounting for Obligations to Safeguard Crypto-Assets an...
On December 19, 2024, the Department of the Treasury published a report on the Uses, Opportunities, and Risks of Artificial Intelligence in Financial Services Sector.
On 17 October, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) published a consultation report on a Format for Incident Reporting Exchange (FIRE). Responses to the Consultation are requested by 19 December 2024 and ICI plans to submit a response.
The Investment Company Institute submitted its views on the Accelerated Settlement Taskforce Technical Group’s draft recommendations and report. The Report sets forth draft operational recommendations to facilitate the UK’s move to shorten its settlement cycle, focusing on the...
On October 21, 2024, ICI submitted a comment letter to nine federal agencies, including the Securities and Exchange Commission, on their proposal to jointly establish data standards for collections of information reported to the Agencies under the Financial Data Transparency Act of...
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